The Polish-Lithuanian-Teutonic War was a conflict between the Teutonic Order, a military religious order with a large state on the Baltic coast, and the allied Kingdom of Poland and Grand Duchy of Lithuania. Tensions over the Order's rule in Samogitia, which was inhabited by Lithuanians, and over the Order's territorial claims led to war. The decisive event was the Battle of Grunwald, in which the armies of King Wladyslaw II Jagiello and Grand Duke Vytautas defeated the Order's forces, and its Grand Master, Ulrich von Jungingen, was killed. The siege of the Order's capital at Marienburg failed, and the First Peace of Torun brought only limited territorial changes, but the Order never regained its former power.
Before and after
- 19 February 1405Death of Timur
- 6 May 1405Birth of Skanderbeg
- 18 October 1405Birth of Pius II
- 17 March 1406Death of Ibn Khaldun
- from 14 August 1409 to 1 February 1411Polish-Lithuanian-Teutonic War
- 2 December 1409Founding of Leipzig University
- 1410Construction of tomb of Philip II the Bold
- 1410Construction of Prague Astronomical Clock
- 15 July 1410Battle of Grunwald
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